So,
many misunderstandings in world in general (also here in APUG) comes from using different definition words for the same thing, or using one word for two or more separate different things.
Often I read about different kind of look on the photo (print): gritty, dreamy, noir, modern, classic... It is hard for me to exactly know what the person thinks when he/she uses those terms, and often there is no attach in the post that would help - probably because he/she is looking to achieve this look, so there is no example to show.
Maybe we should introduce the more precise terminology for those often used looks? Or just write what those terms are for you - so that we can easier know what we are talking about, best with some print of yours as example.
For example: dreamy is when you shoot portrait, natural diffuse light from window, with summar lens @f4-f8, overdevelop a little and print on Ilford multigrade with Ilford PQ developer on grade 2. Gritty is when you shoot portrait with nikkor 85mm lens on TriX with red filter, strong lighting, develop film normally, and then print on multigrade paper with filter 4 or 5 ... or whatever you think.
many misunderstandings in world in general (also here in APUG) comes from using different definition words for the same thing, or using one word for two or more separate different things.
Often I read about different kind of look on the photo (print): gritty, dreamy, noir, modern, classic... It is hard for me to exactly know what the person thinks when he/she uses those terms, and often there is no attach in the post that would help - probably because he/she is looking to achieve this look, so there is no example to show.
Maybe we should introduce the more precise terminology for those often used looks? Or just write what those terms are for you - so that we can easier know what we are talking about, best with some print of yours as example.
For example: dreamy is when you shoot portrait, natural diffuse light from window, with summar lens @f4-f8, overdevelop a little and print on Ilford multigrade with Ilford PQ developer on grade 2. Gritty is when you shoot portrait with nikkor 85mm lens on TriX with red filter, strong lighting, develop film normally, and then print on multigrade paper with filter 4 or 5 ... or whatever you think.
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